Five Unit Road Freight Train Moving into Yard
- Title:
- Five Unit Road Freight Train Moving into Yard
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Birmingham Southern Railroad: Industries and Yards
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Golden, James L., Jr.
- Date:
- 1960
- Coordinates:
- 33.532991, -86.836462
- Latitude:
- 33.532991
- Longitude:
- -86.836462
- Site:
- East Thomas Yard
- Location:
- Birmingham, AL
East Thomas Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb54f004
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- BS
- Internal Number:
- Ex. 36
- Exhibit Number:
- I-3
- File Name:
- 5003pb54f004.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Birmingham Southern Railroad Company
Bridges (built works)
Industries (organizations)
Locomotives
Railroad cars
Railroad tracks
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroad yards
Railroads--Freight
Railroads--Signaling
Railroads--Equipment and supplies
Central of Georgia Railway
Illinois Central Railroad Company
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- The tracks run north and south. The five unit diesel is on the inbound main line; to the left of the units is the outbound main line. This is a hump yard; crews work from both ends of the yard. The yard is always congested with yard and road crews from various railroads. Interchanges and deliveries between BS, the SL&SF, the IC, and Central of Georgia Railroads occur in this facility.
- Cite As:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs #5003 P. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
- Repository:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University
- Archival Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs (#5003 P)
- Box:
- 54
- Folder:
- 4
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the "U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs Collection" (Kheel Center collection: #5003 P) is believed to be in the public domain, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [https://www.library.cornell.edu/about/inside/policies/public-domain]. These images have been digitized from items in the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives at Cornell University Library. More information about the physical collection can be found here: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.